Archive - Gleeful Mayhem

The Bear Crawls East

Hello from frosty Philadelphia! I’m on day three of a short tour to promote California Bear, my 11th novel, which was published this past Tuesday. Leave…

Jan 14 •

Duane Swierczynski

December 2023

Out of Hibernation

My next novel, California Bear, will be released by Mulholland Books on January 9, 2024. My previous novel, Revolver, was published way back in July…

Dec 23, 2023 •

Duane Swierczynski

November 2023

The Mystery of My Great Aunt Marta

After our daughter Evie died five years ago, we decided to have a “celebration” instead of a traditional funeral. Part of that celebration was to be a…

Nov 26, 2023 •

Duane Swierczynski

August 2023

It Came From Brooklyn!

Jonathan Lethem’s recent New Yorker piece about Boerum Hill—the Brooklyn neighborhood where he grew up—fascinated me for a few reasons. “A Neighborhood…

Aug 27, 2023 •

Duane Swierczynski

Weird to think it’s been seven years (cue Jeremy Piven: “Seven! Years!”) since I moved my family from Philly to Southern California. Within days of our…

Aug 8, 2023 •

Duane Swierczynski

May 2023

Since my last newsletter way back in July 2022 I have… (drumroll, please) … written the first draft of a novel; revised the living hell out of that…

May 29, 2023 •

Duane Swierczynski

July 2022

Bodies Everywhere

I know; it’s been a minute. The first half of 2022 has been crazy (but pleasantly) busy. I’ve been working on a crime novel, audio drama scripts, comic…

Jul 17, 2022 •

Duane Swierczynski

February 2022

The Ticking of the Grandfather Clock

In early 2001 I was married and living in upstate Pennsylvania and working part time at Men’s Health magazine. The grind was getting to me: three days a…

Feb 4, 2022 •

Duane Swierczynski

December 2021

The Polish Death Rule (and Other Holiday Delights)

“Go ahead,” said my mother. “Look.” And there it was: written verification of the Death Rule. It was December 24th, 1990. I was sitting in mom’s…

Dec 24, 2021 •

Duane Swierczynski

November 2021

Men of a Meaner Sort

My great-grandfather Anthony Swierczynski had a coronary on a wharf of the Franklin Sugar company on November 26, 1932. There was some confusion about…

Nov 23, 2021 •

Duane Swierczynski

October 2021

Introducing Gleeful Mayhem

Duane (sweer-ZIN-ski)'s Newsletter

Oct 28, 2021 •

Duane Swierczynski

May 2021

The latest from Duane Swierczynski, awkward and unpronounceable since 1972

Welcome to the Gleeful Mayhem newsletter. I’m Duane Swierczynski, author of REVOLVER, LUSH, CANARY and JOHN CARPENTER'S TALES OF SCIENCE FICTION…

May 23, 2021 •

Duane Swierczynski

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